Cam or crank position sensor?

Crank position can be a pain.

I like the timing gear sets. They do whine like a s'charger, but I don't mind. I wouldn't pay $500 for it, though. Not worth it.

 

crank sensor is easy its 2 bolts on the bellhousing. my jeep wouldnt start and all i did was take it out and clean it and it started right up

 

Its the crank sensor, and yeah it is kind of a pain puttin it on, taking it off is easy.

 

Really, well you just gave me an idea. thats what i am going to do, before i go and buy a new one. thanks!

 

Ya sometimes it gets build up on it like mine did and it lost its magnetism. Take off the neg side of the battery and unplug the sensor take it out and clean it with a paper towel. Plug is all back in and see if it works. Better then spending 80$ when you don't have to.

 

a master tech told you this you cant uce the cps after a motor goe out of time dont go to where he works to get repairs ?

 

is it running yet

 

oh that wasent what he told me i typed it wrong.
He said that it is always good to change the CPS after doing those changes. And it has to be that cuase it cant be nothing else.
And no i dident work on it today, i wish. i am going to work on it this sunday. Going to take the old CPS and clean it like x91j told me. and if that doenst work then am just gana get a new one and install it the same day. so sunday i should get it running.

 

hopefully u get it runnin,it sux not drivin the xj huh? and u took my original project name haha

 

Thanks, and yeah man iv been driving my self crazy for the past month trying to get it running. I guess sunday will be its day. And haha really cuase i dident even know. i just thought of it being a hawk and that its black. lol my bad

 

haha its all good,ima change my project name to project pitbull anyway since my pitbull is always in the back of it wit his block head glued to the windows tryin to lick everyone who walks by lol

 

haha nice.

 

~*UPDATE*~
So tommarow am going to work on my xj again.
Hopefully it will be the last day of trying to get it to start up.
All i have to do is change the CPS (crankshaft position sensor) and it should start right up.
Once it starts, i will begin putting everything back in place such as the Radiator, Alternator, Pullys, Hoses, that kind of stuff.
And ill guess that will be all for tommarow.
If anything changes ill let yall know with an update.
Wish me luck,

 

~*UPDATE*~
So today i had planned to start my xj. Long story short, last night around 10:00 i started working on it becuase i had nothing else to do, Plus thats how much i love my xj. anyways i started taking the cps out witch was a Pain in my ***, i got it out around 1:00, looked over it and one of the wires were cutt, oh yeahh. so to do a test i taped up the wire and i went to go put it back on, but when i went to go do that, there was no way i could fit my hand so that i could put it back in place, and another thing was, that when i went to go look for the nuts the held it in place one had fallen into the tranny so right there is when it turned my world upside down. i finished around 2:30, and started working in it again this morning, now what i had to do was cut from the inside of the driver side to get to where the sensor was sapposed to go, so i cutt about 1 feet of square room to get to it, that wasent a problem, put i still had to find the bolt in the tranny, so what i did was got under the xj, and had to remove the bottem bolts on the tranny to get the bolt out, trust me i was lucky it was there. so i put the sensor back hooked it up went to go start it and boom NOTHING!!! so i am going to buy a brand new CPS sensor this week and hook it up. yeahh good weekend gone BAD. i guess if i do any work to it tommarow i will let yall know with an UPDATE. Lator

 

six oclock position